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Location:

Fort Collins,CO,

Member Since:

May 15, 2003

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

Unaided PR's:
5K: 14:48 (Track - 2001)
10K: 30:45 (Track - 2001)
10K: 31:32 (Bolder Boulder - 2013)
Half Marathon: 1:06:09 (Duluth - 2013)
Marathon: 2:17:54 (Grandma's) - 2014)
Marathon: 2:19:47 (Indianapolis Monumental - 2013)
Marathon: 2:19:49 (Indianapolis Monumental - 2010)

Aided PR's:
10K: 29:38 (Des News - 2011)
Half Marathon: 1:05:30 (TOU Half - 2011)
Marathon: 2:18:09 (St George - 2007)
Marathon: 2:17:35 (Boston - 2011)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Diagnosed with Ankylosing Spondylitis in June of 2008. Started taking Enbrel in March, 2009.

Run as much as I can, and race as well as I can. Make the most of however much time I have left as an able-bodied runner.

Training for the 2018 Colorado Marathon

Long-Term Running Goals:

Run until I'm old, and then run some more. Stand tall.

Personal:

1 wife, 2 kids. 1 cat. Work as a GIS Specialist/Map Geek

Endure and persist; this pain will turn to your good. - Ovid

Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us. - Romans 5:1-5

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Saucony Trail Shoe Lifetime Miles:						247.50
Hoka Clifton Lifetime Miles:						491.50
Saucony Type A6 Lifetime Miles:						186.50
Saucony Zealot Lifetime Miles:						478.75
Saucony Kinvara 6 Lifetime Miles:						433.50
Saucony Kinvara 6-2 Lifetime Miles:						358.75
Brooks Pure Connect Blue Lifetime Miles:						337.25
New Balance Trainers Lifetime Miles:						314.50
New Balance 1400 Racers Lifetime Miles:						65.00
Brook Pureflow Lifetime Miles:						99.50

Tue, Jul 20, 2010

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
5.25	8.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	13.25

Tempo day. I planned on doing some intervals, but I decided that I hate intervals, and never want to do them again. Ever. Again. In my lifetime. I love tempos. I will run tempos. Today I ran a tempo. Did the Bear River Loop. First 10 miles in 56:10 (5:37/mile average), then coasted back in, with 6x100m strides along the way. 5:52/mile average for the entire run.

Saucony Kinvara Miles: 13.25

Comments

From Superfly on Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 11:22:11 from 208.117.127.110

I feel the very same way. Love tempos. Hate with a passion interval workouts.

From Tom on Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 11:31:52 from 137.65.56.16

Amen on the tempos, quickest way to the runner's high in my experience. Intervals, on the other hand, I think are just the quickest way to barfing and mental/physical destruction.

From Holt on Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 12:44:41 from 75.169.90.161

Paul, you've ignited a pretty good debate down here between Logan and Clyde about tempos and interval work - Clyde wants no intervals (1000's) ever again and Logan doesn't mind them every couple weeks. Anyway... it is entertaining to listen to!

From Paul on Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 12:55:01 from 65.103.252.214

Don't get me wrong, I think that intervals are beneficial, and part of being a well-rounded runner. I just don't think I want to be well-rounded anymore.

From steve ash on Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 13:10:42 from 64.134.220.90

It would be interesting to see everyone's composition of fast twitch to slow twitch muscle fibres in correlation with their preference of workout vs their best 100m-400m times

From Jon on Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 14:48:35 from 192.107.247.6

I'm laughing just imagining Logan and Clyde arguing this point.

Paul- if we really wanted to be well-rounded, we'd do the decathalon, right? Specialist is where it's at.

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